cloned mac address

y061q · 11-03-2007, 02:27 PM

Here is my problem.

I am running a linksys befsr41v3 router and a changed a UPnP setting and now it is not letting me log into the router to change it back (I am 110% certain that my username and password are correct). I am about to reset the router and wipe out all of the settings but I need to know what my cloned Mac address is.

I have tried pinging the router from the command prompt then using the arp -a command but this only returns the routers actual mac address not the cloned one.

So I guess what I am asking is does anyone know how I can find the WAN side cloned Mac address?

Thanks

johnwill · 11-03-2007, 02:47 PM

Since you cloned it from a machine in your network, simply go to that machine and do this:

Start, Run, CMD

IPCONFIG /ALL

The Physical Address: is the MAC address of that machine, which is what gets "cloned" to the WAN configuartion when you clone the address.

y061q · 11-03-2007, 02:49 PM

Ya that would have worked but the network was set up on an old computer that is no longer in use.

johnwill · 11-03-2007, 04:34 PM

Are you sure you need the MAC address? I'd just contact the ISP and tell them that my old computer died and I need to register a new MAC address.

y061q · 11-04-2007, 09:30 PM

Figured out a way to find that cloned mac address. By plugging the WAN side of the cloned router into the LAN side of another router I was able to log into the working router and find the MAC address that the cloned one was sending to the working router.

johnwill · 11-05-2007, 02:12 PM

There you go.

Did that get you running?

11-03-2007, 02:27 PM	#1 (permalink)
y061q Registered User Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 3 OS: xp	cloned mac address Here is my problem. I am running a linksys befsr41v3 router and a changed a UPnP setting and now it is not letting me log into the router to change it back (I am 110% certain that my username and password are correct). I am about to reset the router and wipe out all of the settings but I need to know what my cloned Mac address is. I have tried pinging the router from the command prompt then using the arp -a command but this only returns the routers actual mac address not the cloned one. So I guess what I am asking is does anyone know how I can find the WAN side cloned Mac address? Thanks

11-03-2007, 02:47 PM	#2 (permalink)
johnwill Manager, Networking Forums Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: S.E. Pennsylvania, US Posts: 28,755 OS: XP-Pro, Vista, Linux Blog Entries: 1	Re: cloned mac address Since you cloned it from a machine in your network, simply go to that machine and do this: Start, Run, CMD IPCONFIG /ALL The Physical Address: is the MAC address of that machine, which is what gets "cloned" to the WAN configuartion when you clone the address. __________________ If TSF has helped you, Tell us about it! or Donate to help keep the site up! Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience

11-03-2007, 02:49 PM	#3 (permalink)
y061q Registered User Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 3 OS: xp	Re: cloned mac address Ya that would have worked but the network was set up on an old computer that is no longer in use.

11-03-2007, 04:34 PM	#4 (permalink)
johnwill Manager, Networking Forums Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: S.E. Pennsylvania, US Posts: 28,755 OS: XP-Pro, Vista, Linux Blog Entries: 1	Re: cloned mac address Are you sure you need the MAC address? I'd just contact the ISP and tell them that my old computer died and I need to register a new MAC address. __________________ If TSF has helped you, Tell us about it! or Donate to help keep the site up! Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience

11-04-2007, 09:30 PM	#5 (permalink)
y061q Registered User Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 3 OS: xp	Re: cloned mac address Figured out a way to find that cloned mac address. By plugging the WAN side of the cloned router into the LAN side of another router I was able to log into the working router and find the MAC address that the cloned one was sending to the working router.

11-05-2007, 02:12 PM	#6 (permalink)
johnwill Manager, Networking Forums Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: S.E. Pennsylvania, US Posts: 28,755 OS: XP-Pro, Vista, Linux Blog Entries: 1	Re: cloned mac address There you go. Did that get you running? __________________ If TSF has helped you, Tell us about it! or Donate to help keep the site up! Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience